Stantec receives Alaska Governor’s Safety Award of Excellence

Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, and design firm with three offices in Alaska—received the Governor’s Safety Award of Excellence on April 3, 2019. The award is presented to Alaska organizations—including companies, government entities, and non-profits—that demonstrate distinction in the safety and health of their personnel, the environment, assets, and reputation that promotes superior corporate citizenship.

The award criteria include the organization’s safety performance, injury/environmental investigation, commitment of both management and employees, and health safety and environmental programs. Awards are based on health and safety statistics from 2016 to 2018.

In the past three years, Stantec’s Alaska offices had zero recordable injury and illness cases and zero environmental incidents. The firm’s Safer Together program is an important factor in reduced workplace injuries. In the award nomination, Stantec described the program this way: “The goal of Safer Together is to shift our safety culture to one where everyone works together to be safe; at work, at home, and in the communities we serve.”

Other important highlights of the firm’s safety program:

• Stop Work Authority: All Stantec employees are responsible, authorized, and required to stop work immediately if they encounter an unsafe act or condition.
• Hazard Recognition Assessment Control: The program includes Risk Management Strategy forms, which are used to identify, record, and implement corrective actions in the workplace or on the job site.
• Office space: The firm’s new office location in Anchorage features safe parking, enhanced building/workplace security, and ergonomically appropriate layout and workstations.

About Stantec
Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That’s why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. We care about the communities we serve—because they're our communities too. This allows us to assess what’s needed and connect our expertise, to appreciate nuances and envision what’s never been considered, to bring together diverse perspectives so we can collaborate toward a shared success. We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

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Stantec Public Relations
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